The Senate will take a procedural vote Monday on the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act with energy, environment and climate provisions.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) similarly set up action on the “Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act.” Both bills passed the House with broad support.
This year’s NDAA, worth $895 billion, includes language to push the military to embrace advanced nuclear reactors. The legislation also includes a rider against rulemaking on contractor greenhouse gas emissions. It passed the House last week 281-140.
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The water projects bill would direct the Army Corps of Engineers’ work for the next two years. It would authorize more than a dozen initiatives and study numerous more.
